He was classic in that presidential debate where he b*tch-slapped the moderator about starting off the questioning with a derogatory interrogative about Newt's personal life. Newt would have none of it and the audience roared their approval at his quick-thinking response. That behavior would serve him well as Speaker again.
I'm just sayin'....
There’s been this questionnaire that is sent to any guy claiming to have interest in the job....drawn up by the Tea Party enthusiasts of the Republican Party. It asks several questions and leads to the blanket statement of the group...will they reverse the trend and go back to the leadership role of the Speaker being just a referee of the rules set....what they had prior to 1964. So far, no one has agreed to the questions asked (including Paul Ryan) and because of this....there’s virtually no enthusiasm for present list of replacement characters.
Even Newt....would not agree to reverse the trend and make the Speaker just a referee.
My prediction is that forty-to-fifty Republicans will end up forcing Boehner to stay around til the end of 2016 and the next election. A whole new crew will have to sort it out....without Boehner around, and it’ll be a bigger mess than the idea of Trump becoming President.
The New York Times had a good article over this forty-year transformation episode this morning....where both parties have turned the Speaker into some power-based ‘thug’ and it’s more of the problem now, than the solution.
Everything but a seat in the House of Representatives. I know, I know, nothing in the Constitution requires a Speaker to be a member but there has never been a Speaker who wasn't and there never will be.